Posted by
Riklaa on May 8, 2009 at 1:42pm
The King's General
by Daphne du Maurier
dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Cherry Cookson.
Broadcast 12 December 1992, 14:30, Saturday Playhouse
The heroine of Daphne du Maurier's classic love story set during the English Civil War is the beautiful Honor Harris, crippled in a riding accident, yet loved forever by Sir Richard Grenville, the King's General in the West. (Radio Times)
Honor --- Cathryn Harrison
Sir Richard Grenville --- Roger Allam
Matty --- Carolyn Pickles
Robin Harris --- Philip Sully
Gartred --- Geraldine Fitzgerald
Young Dick --- Gary King
Older Dick --- David Thorpe
Jonathan Rashleigh --- Peter Penry Jones
Mary Rashleigh --- Sally Edwards
Lord Robartes --- Jonathan Adams
William Rashleigh / Colonel --- John Fleming
128/44; 82.1 MB; sound quality very good
the opening 15 seconds were patched from a worse sourcedu Maurier 921212 The King's General.mp3
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Many thanks for this Daphne DuMaurier. I have not heard this particular radio drama as yet.
Cheers,
katy